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... the U.S.-backed coalition fighting the Islamic State group. He said Tuesday that "there's been no increased threat from Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria." Later, in a rare public rebuttal of an allied military officer, U.S. Central Command said Ghika's remarks "run counter to ...
... would make the point in his meetings in Baghdad that any attack by Iran or its proxies on American forces in Iraq would affect the Iraqi government too. The "campaign to continue to prevent ISIS terror inside of Iraq itself is something that's very central ... to the Iraqi government ...
... Vietnam and war in Afghanistan, including two posthumous honors. Wednesday's award will be the first Trump gives to a service member who fought in Iraq. Presidents often get credit for putting the medal and its familiar blue ribbon on living recipients, but they have little say in who ultimately ...
In our news wrap Thursday, at least 94 people died after an overcrowded ferry sank in northern Iraq. Passengers were celebrating Kurdish holidays when the vessel capsized in the Tigris River near Mosul, where heavy rains and snowmelt fed a strong current. Also, the government of New Zealand banned sales of military-style semi-automatic guns and...
... he jumped in the water and managed to save a 20-year-old girl. "I cannot describe the scene, it's a catastrophe," he said. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi ordered an investigation and, according to Iraqi TV, arrived in Mosul later Thursday. The TV said nine workers operating ...
... and Iraq’s Shiite led-government, a strong Tehran ally. It is also Iran’s response to President Donald Trump’s snap December trip to Iraq and the American president’s comments that U.S. forces should stay in Iraq to keep an eye on neighboring Iran, with which Iraq ...
... River, signaling an imminent end to the territorial rule of the militants self-declared "caliphate" that once stretched across a third of both Syria and Iraq. Some 300 IS militants, along with hundreds of civilians believed to be mostly their families, have been under siege for more than a week ...
... s Iraq Initiative and recently met with President Salih. Kadhim says, thanks to President Trump's statement, Iran's powerful allies can now use the Iraqi constitution to argue against a U.S. presence, because it requires Iraq to adhere to the principle of noninterference in the internal affairs of ...
In our Monday news wrap, Iraqi President Barham Salih slammed President Trump for suggesting U.S. troops might stay in Iraq to monitor Iran, saying Iraq had not been consulted about the possibility and that U.S. troops are in Salih’s country solely to fight extremist groups. Meanwhile, leaders from 10 European Union states backed opposition leader...
An estimated 30,000 Iraqis who joined security forces when Islamic State militants attacked their country in 2014 were injured in the war that persisted through 2017, in addition to thousands who lost their lives. And now, the survivors and families of those who died as well as wounded veterans ...
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